Dual Ashes series headline Australia's bumper summer schedule

English fans are unlikely to be able to travel to Australia this summer

Cricket Australia (CA) has announced a jam-packed 2021/22 summer for its Men’s and Women’s sides, who are both locked in for Ashes campaigns.

Australia’s summer of cricket will commence with a series between its Women’s team and India, with the details of the Asian side’s tour still to be announced.

The Men’s team will then return to red-ball cricket in a one-off Test against Afghanistan at Hobart, where Tim Paine will captain the side in his home state of Tasmania for the first time.

Paine’s side will then begin their Ashes campaign on December 8 at the Gabba in the first of five Tests. Having retained the urn in 2019, Australia will be out to win it outright this summer.

The second Ashes Test of the summer will be a day-night clash at the Adelaide Oval, starting on December 16 before the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

This summer’s New Year’s Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground will commence at the later than usual date of January 5.

The first of two Ashes series for the summer will then wrap up at Perth Oval in the fifth and final Test, starting on January 14.

The Men’s team will then turn their attention to limited overs cricket, taking on New Zealand in three ODIs for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy and one T20I through late January and early February. Hot on the heels of the Men’s Ashes, the Women’s Ashes will begin on January 27 at Manuka Oval in the nation’s capital.

The multi-format series kicks off with a one-off Test in Canberra, before three T20Is and three ODIs split between North Sydney Oval, Adelaide Oval and Junction Oval in Victoria in February.

(ICC)

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